The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Define Things
The first step in all communication (and all reasoning is a form of communication) is just knowing what the words mean. Simple—right?
The Brain, a User’s Manual: How to Define Things Read More »
logic
The Brain, a User’s Manual: What Is Logic?
The Brain, a User’s Manual:What Is Logic? By Gabriel Blanchard We finished hunting out fallacies; now what? Having completed our reproach against the sophists, a new question naturally
The Brain, a User’s Manual: What Is Logic? Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Sorting Through Sophistries:The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis By Gabriel Blanchard Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος … Should They Have Sent a Poet, Really? Language is a curious thing. Some of
Sorting Through Sophistries: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: Four Knowledgeable Fallacies
Sorting Through Sophistries:Four Knowledgeable Fallacies By Gabriel Blanchard We again confront a collection of sophistries today, all of them involved in the problem of epistemology. 1. The Observer
Sorting Through Sophistries: Four Knowledgeable Fallacies Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: The Fleet of Theseus
Theseus called; he wants his ship back. Oh, and Bertrand Russell called; he needs to know where he can put his box full of boxes?
Sorting Through Sophistries: The Fleet of Theseus Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: Appeals to Emotion (Aren’t Always Bad)
Like poisoning the well or the fallacy fallacy, we have here a set of ambivalent sophistries; they lack commitment to being sophistical.
Sorting Through Sophistries: Appeals to Emotion (Aren’t Always Bad) Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: Dishonesty in Detail
Fortune-tellers claim to divine secrets from kings, jokers, and knaves; but what is the real source of their information? And for that matter, is it information?
Sorting Through Sophistries: Dishonesty in Detail Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries:Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part II
Other attempts at forcing agreement from an opponent, such as the loaded question and the petitio principii.
Sorting Through Sophistries:Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part II Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part I
One would hardly expect to meet a fallacy as blatantly unsatisfying as “I am right because reasons.” Alas, as so often, that unexpectedness does half its work for it.
Sorting Through Sophistries: Riders of the Viciouscycle—Part I Read More »
Sorting Through Sophistries: Godwin’s Law (and Other Corks)
Cork (noun). An object put into the mouth of something to prevent fluids from escaping it.
Sorting Through Sophistries: Godwin’s Law (and Other Corks) Read More »